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following — Golias edusa, taken at Carlaverock ; Thecla quercus, 

 taken at Comlongan ; Polyommatus artaxerxes, taken at 

 Dalscairth ; Polyommatus alsus, taken at Glenmills. 



Golias edusa is seldom taken so far north as Dumfriesshire ; 

 in some seasons it is pretty common all round the south coast 

 of England. Thecla quercus, as far as known, has never been 

 captured in Dumfriesshire until I took it at Comlongan four 

 years ago. Polyommatus artaxerxes is another that I have 

 never heard of being taken in this locality until I took it at 

 Dalscairth four years ago. Polyommatus alsus is a very local 

 insect, but generally plentiful where it is found ; it is a great 

 favourite with almost all collectors, perhaps on account of 

 its being the smallest of all the British butterflies ; it is no 

 doubt a very beautiful little insect when fresh from the 

 chrysalis. 



The marsh ringlet, Ccenonympha davus, is a very interest- 

 ing butterfly ; it is very common in Dumfriesshire, and yet, 

 strange to say, no one up to this time has ever been able 

 to find either the caterpillar or chrysalis. A great many 

 caterpillars are night feeders, and require to be sought at 

 night with a light ; if this plan Avas adopted, perhaps it might 

 be found. 



Any one will see, after glancing over my list of captures, 

 that the localities around Dumfries are pretty well repre- 

 sented in Lepidoptera, although it can scarcely be taken 

 as a criterion of the fertility of the district, as many of the 

 localities have been but imperfectly examined. 



Colias edusa, Glenhewaii, Carlaverock ; very rare 



Pieris brassicse, Very common 



Pieris rapse, Common everywhere 



Pieris napi, Common everywhere 



Anthocharis cardaminis, Common in bogs and edges of woods 



Lasiommata megsera, Common everywhere 



Hipparchia semele, Whitehill, Terregles 



Hipparchia janira, Common everywhere 



Hipparchia hyperanthus, In woods and thickets generally distri- 

 buted 



